Purdue roundup: Women's tennis claims Top 25 showdown with Notre Dame

10:38 PM,
Feb. 15, 2013

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| Purdue and staff reports

SOUTH BEND - Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the third set at No. 4 singles to give the 24th-ranked Purdue women's tennis team a 4-3 victory over No. 19 Notre Dame in a match that lasted four and a half hours Friday.

"It's a great win, but I think we can still play better than we did," Purdue coach Laura Glitz said. "One of the things we talked about before the match was to go out with intensity from the first serve in doubles to the last point in singles. I think we did that today."

Bernard-Feigenbaum handed Chrissie McGaffigan her first loss of the season 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4. The ...